Germany

Much of the German press focused on the so-called National Socialist Underground murders — a series of racially motivated killings in the 2000s by a neo-Nazi group. The nine murders, mostly targeting Turkish men, provoked scandal because of how long it took investigators — who had initially assumed the murders were gang-related — to suspect right-wing groups. One of the primary suspects, Beate Zschäpe, who denied being involved, is on trial and much of the German press devoted their front page to her. Die Welt and Süddeutsche Zeitung led with the federal prosecutor stating Zschäpe was involved in the murders, contrary to her own testimony. SZ also reported on an alleged rift between German carmakers BMW and Daimler.

France

Ongoing investigations into possible collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia during last year's U.S. presidential election has captivated the French media. Both Le Monde and Le Figaro led with stories on the matter. Le Monde focused on Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who recently denied he had colluded with Russia. It also featured an editorial on the journalists currently on trial in Turkey, writing the trial only serves to "terrorize the press and to choke all critique of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan's regime."

"The Trump clan under siege," Le Figaro wrote, running an editorial suggesting the U.S. president's tactic of delegitimizing the media and investigators was part of his "Manhattan" approach of winning at all costs. Referring to Trump and his family, the paper said: "A functioning clan has the virtue of cohesion and solidarity. Not that of lucidity." Libération focused on the recovery of tourist numbers after a fall in 2016 due to a number of terror attacks. But are there "too many tourists?" the paper asked, with a picture of a long queue at the Eiffel Tower.

UK

The British government is expected to announce today a ban on the sale of all petrol and diesel cars by 2040, and much of the local press led with that story. The policy was initially proposed by the Liberal Democrats in 2014, when it was widely derided by the media. France announced a similar phaseout of diesel cars earlier this month. The Daily Mail led with: "War on diesels gets dirty." The Times: "End of the diesel and petrol car."

Belgium

A new alliance between the Reformist Movement and the Democratic Humanist Center, two centrist parties, allowed the two to form a majority in the Walloon parliament. The move blocked the Socialists, currently the biggest party in the region with 30 out of 75 seats, from government. Le Soir reported breaking up with the Socialists was the "primary motivation" for the two parties to form the alliance.